And that's the way it will be : news and information in a digital world, Christopher Harper

And That's the Way It Will Be argues convincingly that digital journalism has the potential to reverse the decline in prestige of the mainstream media. Focusing on the public's dissatisfaction with traditional communication sources, seasoned journalist Christopher Harper evaluates computers as a means of providing and receiving news and information. Harper profiles some of the key players in the world of digital journalism including Microsoft, America Online, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Time Warner. He assesses the impact of digital news in poor neighborhoods and the developing world and explores the issues of pornography, privacy, and government regulation of the Internet's news and information system

And That's the Way It Will Be argues convincingly that digital journalism has the potential to reverse the decline in prestige of the mainstream media. Focusing on the public's dissatisfaction with traditional communication sources, seasoned journalist Christopher Harper evaluates computers as a means of providing and receiving news and information. Harper profiles some of the key players in the world of digital journalism including Microsoft, America Online, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Time Warner. He assesses the impact of digital news in poor neighborhoods and the developing world and explores the issues of pornography, privacy, and government regulation of the Internet's news and information system

Dewey number

070.4/0285

Index

index present

LC call number

PN4784.E5

LC item number

H36 1998

Literary form

non fiction

Label

And that's the way it will be : news and information in a digital world, Christopher Harper

1. A Road Map to the Information Superhighway -- 2. The Audience: Who Wants News and Information in a Digital World and Why? -- 3. The Movers and the Shakers in Digital Journalism -- 4. Immediacy, Interactivity, and Intimacy -- 5. Doing Digital Journalism: The Chicago Tribune and TWA 800 -- 6. All News, All the Time: The Internet and Television -- 7. Paying for the Digital Age: Advertising, Subscriptions, and Business -- 8. The Upside of the Internet -- 9. The Downside of the Internet -- 10. The Dark Side of the Internet: Pornography and Privacy -- 11. The Government and the Internet: Freedom of the Press, Copyright, Advertising, and Fraud -- 12. The Future of the Internet -- App. A. News and Information on the Internet: A Short History -- App. B. Talking Geek: Terms of Internet Endearment -- A Guide to News about the Internet, the World Wide Web, and Digital News and Information